engines

Promet Pte. Ltd., one of the largest international
engineering contracting companies
in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, recently
launched the self-propelled, jackup
type well service barge Carl Fleming at its
shipyard in Jurong, Singapore.
Christening of the barge was performed
by Mrs.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
of Tokyo recently conducted a seminar
and a reception at The Nippon
Club in New York City to introduce
to the American market its newly
developed UE-LA Series of extralong-
stroke marine diesel engines.
Attendees

The Chantiers de I'Atlantique
shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, recently
began cutting steel for the
huge cruise liner under construction
for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line of
Miami. To be named Sovereign of
the Seas, at more than 70,000 grt
and carrying 2,

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The Paul Lindenau shipyard in Kiel, West
Germany, recently installed a modern highcapacity
firefighting system aboard the offshore
supply vessel Kaubturm, owned by VIG Offshore
of Bremen, in the record time of only 12
days.

The establishment of offices in
London, England, has been announced
in Houston, Texas, by
C.L. Ward, vice president and general
manager of Stewart & Stevenson
Services, Inc.
Logan Knapp, formerly manager
of generator sales for the company
in Houston, will manage the London
offices.

As part of the drift of heavy industrial
activity from Europe to the Far East,
production of two-stroke diesel propulsion
machinery has become the province
of the leading national players in newbuild
construction. However, close to
the northern tip of Jutland,

Costa Crociere's impressive new
Costa Atlantica gives first form to the
so-called Panamax-Max generation
from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, embodying
the 8000-class design concept developed
in conjunction with the Italian
operator and its parent Carnival group.

Seebeckwerft of Bremerhaven,
West Germany, recently received a
DM65-million ($38.9-million) order
from the Railship Group to build a
10,000-dwt rail/freight ferry. She is
the third ferry of this type to be
ordered by Railship from Seebeckwerft
over the last few years.